(c)after sub-paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(2)The amount in sub-paragraph (1)(a) shall be applicable to a lone parent—

(a)who was entitled to housing benefit on 5th April 1998 and whose applicable amount on that date included the amount applicable under sub-paragraph (a) as in operation on that date; or

(b)who was not entitled to housing benefit on 5th April 1998 because that date fell during a rent and rate-free period as defined in regulation 70(1) (rent and rate-free periods) and his applicable amount on that date would have included the amount applicable under sub-paragraph (a) as in operation on that date,

and in respect of whom, all of the conditions specified in sub-paragraph (3) have continued to apply.

(3)The conditions specified for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) are that in respect of the period commencing on and including 6th April 1998—

(a)the claimant has not ceased to be entitled, or has not ceased to be treated as entitled, to housing benefit;

(b)the claimant has not ceased to be a lone parent;

(c)the claimant has not become entitled to either income support or to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, and

(d)a premium under paragraph 9, 9A, 10 or 11 has not become applicable to the claimant.

(4)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(a), a claimant shall be treated as entitled to housing benefit during any rent and rate-free period as defined for the purposes of regulation 70(1).”.

(5) In Schedule 3 for paragraph 4(4) (disregard of certain sums in the calculation of a lone parent’s earnings) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“4.In a case where the claimant is a lone parent, £25.”.

(6) In Schedule 5A(5), in paragraph 2(c) (conditions for an extended payment of housing benefit)—

(a)after head (i) there shall be inserted the following head—

“(ia)the claimant was a lone parent, or”;

(b)in head (ii)—

(i)“pursuant to paragraph 3(a) (rate of family premium applicable to a lone parent) or,” shall be omitted;

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